bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Internal Stress‐Related Vibrational Splitting in Compressed SiO2
Authors: Guo Siyang , Zhou Qiang , Yan Yalan , Zhang Caizi , Wei Xinmiao , Li Liang , Li Fangfei
Published: August 2021

The intriguing vibrational splitting of SiO2 (α‐quartz) is investigated via high‐pressure Raman spectroscopy. The degenerate E(LO + TO) modes, including the 128 and 265 cm−1 vibrations, exhibit a splitting upon compression, and the splitting is found to depend on the initial stress conditions of the sample. The larger the initial stress, the earlier the splitting occurs. When the internal stress is released during compression, the vibrational splitting under pressure is effectively postponed. The study provides a reasonable explanation for the obviously different splitting pressures of E(LO + TO) modes in compressed SiO2 (α‐quartz) in previous reports.
Cluster‐Size‐Dependent Linear Magnetoelectric Coupling Effect in Na0.5Bi0.5TiO3/FeCo Composites
Authors: Li Fei , Bai Yulong , Zhao Shifeng
Published: August 2021

A size effect of magnetic FeCo clusters in Na0.5Bi0.5TiO3/FeCo composites is presented, which is embodied by a strong size‐dependent magnetostrictive effect and magnetoelectric (ME) coupling effect. The size evolution of magnetic clusters induces the change of elastic energy in the magnetic phase, which is the key reason for the tunable magnetostrictive and mangetoelectric effects. An interface stress transferring mode is used to describe the coupling effect of the composites. This work explores a route to modulate ME materials by amorphous alloy clusters, which is of great significance to the development of magnetoelectronics.
Prescribed performance synchronization for time‐delayed complex dynamical networks under event‐triggered pinning control
Authors: Dong Bolei , Shi Yujing
Published: August 2021

In this article, a new event‐based pinning synchronization control strategy for complex dynamical networks with internal delay and transmission delay is investigated. By introducing prescribed performance control schemes, the transient and steady performance of synchronization errors are guaranteed simultaneously. The main results in the article show that, not only exponential synchronization is achieved, but also the transient bounded of synchronization errors is guaranteed based on Lyapunov approach. Furthermore, an efficient event‐based mechanism is derived to avoid the infinitely fast switching of the pinning node set. We also develop a new selection‐algorithm to find certain suitable nodes to be controlled and these selected nodes will be updated online at each triggering instant. At last, the simulation examples are made to demonstrate the effectiveness and superiority of the obtained results.
Sparse point cloud registration and aggregation with mesh‐based generalized iterative closest point
Authors: Young Matthew , Pretty Chris , McCulloch Josh , Green Richard
Published: August 2021

Accurate registration is critical for robotic mapping and simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM). Sparse or non‐uniform point clouds can be very challenging to register, even in ideal environments. Previous research by Holz et al. has developed a mesh‐based extension to the popular generalized iterative closest point (GICP) algorithm, which can accurately register sparse clouds where unmodified GICP would fail. This paper builds on that work by expanding the comparison between the two algorithms across multiple data sets at a greater range of distances. The results confirm that Mesh‐GICP is more accurate, more precise, and faster. They also show that it can successfully register scans 4–17 times further apart than GICP. In two different experiments this paper uses Mesh‐GICP to compare three different registration methods—pairwise, metascan, keyscan—in two different situations, one in a visual odometry (VO) style, and another in a mapping style. The results of these experiments show that the keyscan method is the most accurate of the three so long as there is sufficient overlap between the target and source clouds. Where there is unsufficient overlap, pairwise matching is more accurate.
An improved method for measuring wetting front advancing velocity
Authors: Liu Qiang , Xi Ping , Liu Guojun , Miao Jiali , Liu Fengzhu
Published: August 2021

The unsaturated soil hydraulic conductivity function is one of the keys to solving unsaturated seepage issues. The wetting front advancing method (WFAM) is a proposed method for quickly measuring the coefficient of permeability of the unsaturated soils, but it has some demerits and limitations. In this study, a series of capillary rise tests were conducted and the coefficient of permeability of six kinds of unsaturated soils were obtained by using the WFAM. Based on the analyzing of characteristic changes in volumetric water content via soil moisture sensors in the capillary rise test, improvements were made to the method of determining the wetting front advancing velocity. The RMSE evaluation index was used to analyze the deviation of the data obtained by the improved method from the original visual method. The RMSE of the wetting front advancing velocity ranged from 0.0007 to 0.0074 cm s–1, and the RMSE of the coefficient of permeability ranged from 0 to 5.2 × 10–6 m s–1. The results indicated the applicability of the improved method.
Enhancing shear capacity of thin slabs with CFRP shear reinforcement: Experimental study
Authors: Bielak Jan , Hegger Josef
Published: August 2021

Employing non‐metallic reinforcement made of fiber‐reinforced polymers (FRPs) as textile grids is one promising extension of the utilization range of FRP in concrete construction, and thin planar elements reinforced in this manner have high application potential in bridge or parking garage decks, in façades, or in webs and flanges of hollow core cross‐sections. Existing models for predicting the shear resistance of such elements were derived for solid cross‐sectional dimensions similar to conventional steel‐reinforced structures, and their application to thin slabs is debatable. This paper presents the results of an extensive experimental program on the one‐way shear capacity of slabs without and with carbon FPR textile shear reinforcement. A variation of member height, shear slenderness, and shear reinforcement ratio allowed for analysis of the most relevant influencing factors on shear resistance. Both planar and preformed C‐shaped grids enhance the shear capacity and are suitable as shear reinforcement in thin slabs. The experimental results are the foundation for the extension of shear models to thin slabs with FRP reinforcement and for derivation of new unifying shear models that are applicable to a wider range of reinforcement materials and member dimensions.
A CRISPR/Cas9‐based method for seamless N‐terminal protein tagging in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Authors: Kira Shintaro , Noda Takeshi
Published: August 2021

Protein tagging is an effective method for characterizing a gene of interest. Tagging can be accomplished in vivo in Saccharomyces cerevisiae by chromosomal integration of a PCR‐amplified cassette. However, common tagging cassettes are not suitable for in situ N‐terminal tagging when we aim to preserve the gene's endogenous promoter. Existing methods require either two rounds of homologous recombination or a relatively complex cloning process to construct strains with N‐terminal protein tags. Here, we describe a simple CRISPR/Cas9‐based method for seamless N‐terminal tagging of yeast genes that preserves their endogenous promoter. This method enables the generation of N‐terminally tagged strains by introducing an expression vector containing the cas9 gene and a specific gRNA for cleaving the 5′ end of the target gene's protein‐coding sequence, along with donor DNA containing the tag sequence and homology arms. gRNA cloning was executed by inverse PCR instead of the conventional method. After verifying the tag, the Cas9 and gRNA expression plasmids were eliminated without using antibiotic‐containing medium. By this method, we generated strains that express N‐terminally tagged subunits of the TORC1 protein kinase complex and found that these strains are comparable to strains made by conventional methods. Thus, our method provides a cost‐effective alternative for seamless N‐terminal tagging in baker's yeast.
Why Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Asylum?
Authors: Danisi Carmelo , Dustin Moira , Ferreira Nuno , Held Nina
Published: August 2021

Forced migration – no matter how we wish to define it – has been high in the political agendas and debates across the world for several decades. Forced migrants become claimants of international protection, or ‘asylum claimants’, and then find themselves trapped in convoluted, constraining and highly politicised systems. Often accused of being ‘bogus’ asylum claimants, they are also regularly accused of abusing the hospitality of the host country, violating countries’ borders and territorial sovereignty, and simply seeking economic benefits (Ford 2009; UNHCR 2007). Conversely, asylum legal instruments have been repeatedly criticised for inadequately addressing the rights and needs of asylum claimants, therefore preventing those with legitimate claims from being granted protection. These debates have more recently been rehashed in the context of the negotiations behind the Global Compact for Safe Orderly and Regular Migration, a non-legally binding agreement negotiated under the aegis of the United Nations (UN) and endorsed by the UN General Assembly. In this atmosphere of permanent politicised and humanitarian ‘crisis’ (McAdam 2014), a group warranting specific attention is constituted by those asylum claimants presenting a claim based on their sexual orientation or gender identity (SOGI).
Believing in Something Better: Our Recommendations
Authors: Danisi Carmelo , Dustin Moira , Ferreira Nuno , Held Nina
Published: August 2021

The previous chapters have offered an in-depth, empirically and theoretically informed analysis of a broad range of issues affecting SOGI asylum claimants and refugees in Europe, with a focus on Germany, Italy and the UK. This analysis has applied new insights to findings unearthed by previous research and shone light on issues that have so far been relatively neglected. But the question often posed to us as academics is ‘so what?’ To address this question, this chapter offers a range of recommendations addressed to decision-makers, policy-makers, governments, NGOs and service providers, aimed at improving the socio-legal framework that applies to SOGI asylum. These apply mainly at a domestic level, but also refer to the European level, where relevant, to offer proposals that recognise the intersections of national, European and international frameworks. As in the previous analysis, we are strongly guided by our participants’ voices, complemented by broader scholarly debates and our analysis and views of these. Our data and analysis thereof also shed light on broader issues in the asylum system, and many of the recommendations set out here would benefit non-SOGI asylum claimants and refugees as well. We hope they will be of wider value in this way.
The Policy and Guidance
Authors: Danisi Carmelo , Dustin Moira , Ferreira Nuno , Held Nina
Published: August 2021

The contours of international protection in EU member states are mainly determined by three elements: the 1951 Refugee Convention and the EU Common European Asylum System (CEAS), alongside international human rights law, including the 1950 ECHR (Chap. 3). While Germany and Italy are bound by the CEAS recast instruments, the UK has remained only bound by the 2003 Reception Directive, 2004 Qualification Directive and 2005 Procedures Directive. Yet, this and other type of legislative options do not, in themselves, necessarily produce considerable variations across the EU (Querton 2019), as many other factors contribute to different degrees of policy variation between EU member states. Amongst these factors, it is worth considering in particular geographical location, political context and internal governance structure, further contextualised by the statistics available.
Housing and Accommodation
Authors: Danisi Carmelo , Dustin Moira , Ferreira Nuno , Held Nina
Published: August 2021

The SOGI claimants we interviewed were often more or as concerned about their living conditions in the host country than they were with the asylum process. This was especially the case in the interviews in Germany and Italy, where issues around housing and accommodation often dominated the discussion, both in interviews with SOGI claimants and with professionals. For instance, Elias, a lawyer in Germany, told us that his clients were often less concerned about the legal procedure and more about ‘the problems around it. Less legally, less tangibly in relation to the procedure, but rather: “What about the accommodation situation?”; “How can I rebuild a life appropriate to my sexual orientation?”’.
Einleitung
Authors: Sell Madlen
Published: August 2021

Der aus der austronesischen Sprachfamilie entlehnte Begriff „Amok“ leitet sich von dem malaiischen Wort „mĕngamok“ ab, das ins Deutsche übersetzt „wütend angreifen“ bedeutet. Mit den Schiffen der ersten Weltumsegler erreichte der fremdartig klingende und in Europa bis dahin gänzlich unbekannte Begriff vor rund 600 Jahren erstmals die westliche Welt.
Tau-jet signatures of vectorlike quark decays to heavy charged and neutral Higgs bosons
Authors: Dermisek Radovan , Lunghi Enrico , McGinnis Navin , Shin Seodong
Published: August 2021

Abstract

We study 4b+ 2τand 4b+ 1τsignatures of heavy neutral and charged Higgs bosons originating from cascade decays of pair-produced new quarks. Decays of vectorlike quarks through heavy Higgses can easily dominate in the two Higgs doublet model of type-II, and the studied signatures are common to many possible decay chains. We design search strategies for these final states and discuss the mass ranges of heavy Higgs bosons and new quarks that can be explored at the Large Hadron Collider as functions of branching ratios in a model independent way. We further combine the results with a similar study focusing on decays which lead to a 6bfinal state and interpret the sensitivity to charged and neutral Higgs bosons and vectorlike quarks in the type-II two Higgs doublet model. We find that the LHC reach for their masses extends to well above 2 TeV in the case of an SU(2) doublet quark and to at least 1.8 TeV for a bottom-like SU(2) singlet quark in the whole range of tanβbetween 1 and 50.
The lattice of monomial clones on finite fields
Authors: Kreinecker Sebastian
Published: August 2021

We investigate the lattice of clones that are generated by a set of functions that are induced on a finite field $${\mathbb {F}}$$
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by monomials. We study the atoms and coatoms of this lattice and investigate whether this lattice contains infinite ascending chains, or infinite descending chains, or infinite antichains.We give a connection between the lattice of these clones and semi-affine algebras. Furthermore, we show that the sublattice of idempotent clones of this lattice is finite and every idempotent monomial clone is principal.
Behavioral Strategies to Minimize Procedural Distress During In-Office Pediatric Tympanostomy Tube Placement Without Sedation or Restraint
Authors: Cohen Lindsey L. , Robbertz Abigail S. , England Laura J.
Published: August 2021

The purpose of this study was to evaluate behavioral strategies to minimize procedural distress associated with in-office tympanostomy tube placement for children without general anesthesia, sedation, or papoose-board restraints. 120 6-month- to 4-year-olds and 102 5- to 12-year-olds were treated at 16 otolaryngology practices. Mean age of children was 4.7 years old (SD = 3.18 years), with more boys (58.1%) than girls (41.9%). The cohort included 14% Hispanic or Latinx, 84.2% White, 12.6% Black, 1.8% Asian and 4.1% ‘Other’ race and ethnicity classifications. The in-office tube placement procedure included local anesthesia via lidocaine/epinephrine iontophoresis and tube placement using an integrated and automated myringotomy and tube delivery system. Behavioral strategies were used to minimize procedural distress. Anxiolytics, sedation, or papoose board were not used. Pain was measured via the faces pain scale-revised (FPS-R) self-reported by the children ages 5 through 12 years. Independent coders supervised by a psychologist completed the face, legs, activity, cry, consolability (FLACC) behavior observational rating scale to quantify children’s distress. Mean FPS-R score for tube placement was 3.30, in the “mild’ pain range, and decreased to 1.69 at 5-min post-procedure. Mean tube placement FLACC score was 4.0 (out of a maximum score of 10) for children ages 6 months to 4 years and was 0.4 for children age 5–12 years. Mean FLACC score 3-min post-tube placement was 1.3 for children ages 6 months to 4 years and was 0.2 for children age 5–12 years. FLACC scores were inversely correlated with age, with older children displaying lower distress. The iontophoresis, tube delivery system and behavioral program were associated with generally low behavioral distress. These data suggest that pediatric tympanostomy and tube placement can be achieved in the outpatient setting without anxiolytics, sedatives, or mechanical restraints.
The Social Policy Response to COVID-19 – The Failure to Help Vulnerable Children and Elderly People
Authors: Christensen Tom
Published: August 2021

Norway’s handling of COVID-19 has been seen as a success. Vulnerable groups among young and elderly people, have however, not been part of this success. Their interests have been defocused in two ways. First, they have not been prioritized in the big picture, because the precautionary principle and health concerns, in particular the capacity questions, have dominated. Second, the more specific social policy measures have been indirect and not particular targeted vulnerable children, youths and old people, and had negative effects for them, such as social isolation and lack of daily support and services, resulting in increasing problems.
Prevalence and Impact of Treatment-Resistant Depression in Latin America: a Prospective, Observational Study
Authors: Soares Bernardo , Kanevsky Gabriela , Teng Chei Tung , Pérez-Esparza Rodrigo , Bonetto Gerardo Garcia , Lacerda Acioly L. T. , Uribe Erasmo Saucedo , Cordoba Rodrigo , Lupo Christian , Samora Aline Medeiros , Cabrera Patricia
Published: August 2021

Approximately one-third of patients with major depressive disorder (MDD) have treatment-resistant depression (TRD). The TRAL study will evaluate the prevalence and impact of TRD among patients with MDD in four Latin American countries. In this multicenter, prospective, observational study, patients with MDD were recruited from 33 reference sites in Mexico, Colombia, Brazil, and Argentina. Patients were assessed for TRD, defined as failure to respond to ≥ 2 antidepressant medications of adequate dose and duration. Demographics, previous/current treatments, depressive symptoms, functioning, healthcare resource utilization, and work impairment were also collected and evaluated using descriptive statistics, chi-square test, Fisher exact test, t-test for independent samples, or the Mann–Whitney nonparametric test, as appropriate. 1475 patients with MDD were included in the analysis (mean age, 45.6 years; 78% women); 89% were receiving relevant psychiatric treatment. 429 patients met criteria for TRD, and a numerically higher proportion of patients with TRD was present in public versus private sites of care (31% vs 27%). The mean Montgomery-Asberg Depression Rating Scale score was 25.0 among all MDD patients and was significantly higher for patients with TRD versus non-TRD (29.4 vs 23.3; P < 0.0001). Patients with TRD, versus those with non-TRD, were significantly more likely to be older, have a longer disease duration, have more comorbidities, be symptomatic, have a higher median number of psychiatric consultations, and report greater work impairment. Patients with TRD have a disproportionate burden of disease compared to those with non-TRD. Appropriate treatment for TRD is a substantial unmet need in Latin America. https://www.ClinicalTrials.gov identifier NCT03207282, 07/02/2017.
Citizens' Perception of Combined Sewer Overflow Spills into Bathing Coastal Areas
Authors: Martínez-Gomariz Eduardo , Guerrero-Hidalga Maria , Forero-Ortiz Edwar , Gonzalez Susana
Published: August 2021

Once a wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) exceeds its capacity, it is necessary to discharge a proportion of the flow to watercourses through combined sewer overflow (CSO) structures. In coastal urban areas, CSO spills may occur in seawaters. The present study analyses the effects of these spills into urban coastal bathing areas, through a qualitative survey-based analysis in Badalona and Barcelona, focusing on stakeholders' reputation and image involved in the sewer system and beaches management (i.e. intangible damages) and the consequences for the economy (i.e. tangible damages). The direct relation between CSO spills and impacts on restaurants’ revenues is not observed since business owners in Badalona and Barcelona do not perceive any economic impact due to these events. Their main concern is the municipality’s image, which might affect the citizens’ view of the management of the responsible agents and indirectly, the tourist sector, especially in Barcelona. Residents perception in this matter is remarkably different in both cities. In Badalona, residents know the problem and even the body responsible for setting the red flag and the beaches closure (i.e. the municipality). In Barcelona, though, residents are quite confused about this. The complexity in terms of competencies in sewer systems management requires a better communication campaign for the citizens to avoid misunderstandings and unnecessary loss of trust in the City Council. Decision-makers and stakeholders should be interested in understanding the perception of affected users upon these events to take appropriate measures to enhance awareness programs or measures to reduce overflows.
Can the sustainable development goals harness the means and the manner of transformation?
Authors: Veland Siri , Gram-Hanssen Irmelin , Maggs David , Lynch Amanda H.
Published: August 2021

The 17 sustainable development goals and their 169 targets comprise a comprehensive list of prerequisites for human and planetary well-being, but they also implicitly invoke many of the very trade-offs, synergies, and parallelisms that drive global crises. Decision-makers are familiar with these internal conflicts, and there is no shortage of frameworks, blueprints, and roadmaps to accelerate sustainability. However, thus far, inevitable trade-offs among competing priorities for sustainability are not catalyzing the types of transformations called for, indeed, demanded, by the SDGs. Habitual technocratic approaches, which the SDG lend themselves to, will report on indicators and targets, but will not adequately represent the ambitions of the goals themselves. Addressing these habitual tendencies, this paper therefore considers the inner dimensions of transformation, including emotions and meaning-making. Music offers a rich source of metaphor to reimagine interconnections and communicates affectively the feelings and embodied dimensions of intellectual thought and creativity. We draw on Western musical composition and history to offer insights on an intellectual path-dependency leading up to the current disembodied indicator-based management and regulation of global environmental and societal crises, and on potential alternatives. As metaphors, we consider what the SDGs might ‘sound like’ as either 12-tone, contrapuntal, or improvisational expression. We suggest that for the SDGs to release their transformative potential, ‘sustainability improvisers’ with a handle on both the ‘what’ and the ‘how’ of transformation are needed: harnessed with deep understanding of SDG indicators and targets, but with an ability to listen deeply and invite others to co-create transformative pathways.
The Prime Function, the Fay Trisecant Identity, and the van der Pauw Method
Authors: Miyoshi Hiroyuki , Crowdy Darren , Nelson Rhodri
Published: August 2021

The van der Pauw method is a well-known experimental technique in the applied sciences for measuring physical quantities such as the electrical conductivity or the Hall coefficient of a given sample. Its popularity is attributable to its flexibility: the same method works for planar samples of any shape provided they are simply connected. Mathematically, the method is based on the cross-ratio identity. Much recent work has been done by applied scientists attempting to extend the van der Pauw method to samples with holes (“holey samples”). In this article we show the relevance of two new function theoretic ingredients to this area of application: the prime function associated with the Schottky double of a multiply connected planar domain and the Fay trisecant identity involving that prime function. We focus here on the single-hole (doubly connected, or genus one) case. Using these new theoretical ingredients we are able to prove several mathematical conjectures put forward in the applied science literature.
How We Got to Where We're Going
Authors: Poduri Annapurna H. , George Jr Alfred L. , Heinzen Erin L. , Lowenstein Daniel , James Sara
Published: August 2021

This Element serves as a welcome to the Cambridge Elements Genetics in Epilepsy series. The series editors look forward to sharing with you the story of epilepsy genetics through a series of Elements. They will bring together many voices, by text as well as video, to illustrate the history of epilepsy genetics, the many on-going efforts in the field, and how they hope to address the still unanswered questions that command the attention of all of us and our colleagues across the globe.
US Consumers’ Online Shopping Behaviors and Intentions During and After the COVID-19 Pandemic
Authors: Jensen Kimberly L. , Yenerall Jackie , Chen Xuqi , Yu T. Edward
Published: August 2021

A study of 1,558 US households in June 2020 evaluated utilization of online grocery shopping during the COVID-19 pandemic, influences on utilization, and plans for future online grocery shopping. Nearly 55 percent of respondents shopped online in June 2020; 20 percent were first-timers. Cragg model estimates showed influences on online shopping likelihood and frequency included demographics, employment, and prior online shopping. Illness concerns increased likelihood, while food shortage concerns increased frequency of online shopping. A multinomial probit suggested 58 percent respondents planned to continue online grocery shopping regardless of pandemic conditions.
Negotiating Identity in the Ancient Mediterranean
Authors: Demetriou Denise
Published: August 2021

The Mediterranean basin was a multicultural region with a great diversity of linguistic, religious, social and ethnic groups. This dynamic social and cultural landscape encouraged extensive contact and exchange among different communities. This book seeks to explain what happened when different ethnic, social, linguistic and religious groups, among others, came into contact with each other, especially in multiethnic commercial settlements located throughout the region. What means did they employ to mediate their interactions? How did each group construct distinct identities while interacting with others? What new identities came into existence because of these contacts? Professor Demetriou brings together several strands of scholarship that have emerged recently, especially ethnic, religious and Mediterranean studies. She reveals new aspects of identity construction in the region, examining the Mediterranean as a whole, and focuses not only on ethnic identity but also on other types of collective identities, such as civic, linguistic, religious and social.
Angels and the Order of Heaven in Medieval and Renaissance Italy
Authors: Gill Meredith J.
Published: August 2021

From earliest times, angels have been seen as instruments of salvation and retribution, agents of revelation, and harbingers of hope. In effect, angels are situated at the intersections of diverse belief structures and philosophical systems. In this book, Meredith J. Gill examines the role of angels in medieval and Renaissance conceptions of heaven. She considers the character of Renaissance angelology as distinct from the medieval theological traditions that informed it and from which it emerged. Tracing the iconography of angels in text and in visual form, she also uncovers the philosophical underpinnings of medieval and Renaissance definitions of angels and their nature. From Dante through Pico della Mirandola, from the images of angels depicted by Fra Angelico to those painted by Raphael and his followers, angels, Gill argues, are the touchstones and markers of the era's intellectual self-understanding, and its classical revival, theological doctrines, and artistic imagination.
Association Between Immediacy of Citations and Altmetrics in COVID-19 Research by Artificial Neural Networks
Authors: Ran Na
Published: August 2021

Objectives:

Both citations and Altmetrics are indexes of influence of a publication, potentially useful, but to what extent that the professional-academic citation and media-dominated Altmetrics are consistent with each other is a topic worthy of being investigated. The objective is to show their correlation.

Methods:

DOI and citation information of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) researches were obtained from the Web of Science, its Altmetric indicators were collected from the Altmetrics. Correlation between the immediacy of citation and Altmetrics of COVID-19 research was studied by artificial neural networks.

Results:

Pearson coefficients are 0.962, 0.254, 0.222, 0.239, 0.363, 0.218, 0.136, 0.134, and 0.505 (P < 0.01) for dimensions citation, attention score, journal impact factor, news, blogs, Twitter, Facebook, video, and Mendeley correlated with the SCI citation, respectively. The citations from the Web of Science and that from the Altmetrics have deviance large enough in the current. Altmetric score is not precise to describe the immediacy of citations of academic publication in COVID-19 research.

Conclusions:

The effects of news, blogs, Twitter, Facebook, video, and Mendeley on SCI citations are similar to that of the journal impact factor. This paper performs a pioneer study for investigating the role of academic topics across Altmetric sources on the dissemination of scholarly publications.
Predicting Intensive Care Unit Admissions for COVID-19 Patients in the Emergency Department
Authors: Bahadirli Suphi , Kurt Erdem
Published: August 2021

Objective:

Determining the parameters that can predict the requirement of intensive care unit (ICU) admissions among the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients presented to the emergency departments (EDs).

Methods:

In adult consecutive patients admitted (March 15 - April 15, 2020) to the ED of a state hospital for COVID-19, we retrospectively analyzed demographic data, symptoms, laboratory tests, and chest computed tomography (CT) on arrival.

Results:

We included 458 patients [213 (46.5%) females, median age 48 y]. Body temperature, respiration rate, C-reactive protein (CRP), D-dimer, ferritin values, and the number of comorbidities were significantly higher in patients admitted to the ICU than others. Also, diffuse infiltration in chest CT is more common in patients who need ICU follow-up. As a result of the binary regression analysis, a statistically significant correlation was found between the presence of dyspnea (odds ratio [OR]: 12.55), tachypnea (relative risk [RR] ≥ 18) (OR: 14.54), multiple comorbidities (≥2) (OR: 23.39), diffuse infiltration in CT (OR: 14.52), and CRP (≥45 mg/L) (OR: 4.71); and the need for ICU admission.

Conclusion:

It has been concluded that the presence of dyspnea and tachypnea, elevated CRP, presence of multiple comorbidities, and diffuse infiltration in CT may predict the need for ICU admissions of the patients, who presented to the EDs.
The Paradox of Empathy
Authors: Paul L.A.
Published: August 2021

A commitment to truth requires that you are open to receiving new evidence, even if that evidence contradicts your current beliefs. You should be open to changing your mind. However, this truism gives rise to theparadox of empathy. The paradox arises with the possibility of mental corruption through transformative change, and has consequences for how we should understand tolerance, disagreement, and the ability to have an open mind. I close with a discussion of how understanding this paradox provides a new explanation for a certain kind of standoff between the believer and the skeptic with regard to religious belief.
Imperfect symmetry of real annular combustors: beating thermoacoustic modes and heteroclinic orbits
Authors: Faure-Beaulieu Abel , Indlekofer Thomas , Dawson James R. , Noiray Nicolas
Published: August 2021

In jet engines and gas turbines, the annular shape of the combustion chamber allows the appearance of self-oscillating azimuthal thermoacoustic modes. We report experimental evidence of a new type of modal dynamics characterised by periodic switching of the spinning direction and develop a theoretical model that fully reproduces this phenomenon and explains the underlying mechanisms. It is shown that tiny asymmetries of the geometry, the mean temperature field, the thermoacoustic response of the flames or the acoustic impedance of the walls, present in any real systems, can induce these heteroclinic orbits. The model also explains experimental observations showing a statistically dominant spinning direction despite the absence of swirling flow, or pairs of preferred nodal line directions.
Augustine as an Auctoritas in Juan de Torquemada's Apparatus Super Decretum Florentinum Unionis Graecorum (1441)
Authors: Pierce Alexander H.
Published: August 2021

This essay adds to our knowledge of the Council of Ferrara-Florence (1431–1449) as a complex but significant instance of the many efforts to bring union to the divided Latin West and Byzantine East. In this paper, I explore the role of Augustine as an auctoritas at Ferrara-Florence, examining Juan de Torquemada's Apparatus Super Decretum Florentinum Unionis Graecorum (1441), a programmatic theological treatise written to represent the Latins’ theological perspective as expressed in Laetentur caeli (“Let the heavens rejoice”), the papal bull disseminated by Pope Eugenius IV on July 6, 1439. I argue that Torquemada's use of Augustine corroborates the otherwise circumstantial probability that he composed the Apparatus to explain the theological terms on which Eugenius IV and the Latin papalists declared union with Byzantine Christians and simultaneously to defend the bull against the doubts held among conciliarists and their sympathizers around Europe. Showing how Torquemada used Augustine in this conciliar document also adds greater clarity to the reception of Augustine at the Council of Ferrara-Florence. More specifically, it helps explain the utility of Augustine in Torquemada's attempt to adjudicate the relations between the Latin West and Byzantine East on the one hand and papalist and conciliarist Latins on the other.
Writing the Jews out of History: Pseudo-Hegesippus, Classical Historiography, and the Codification of Christian Anti-Judaism in Late Antiquity
Authors: Bay Carson
Published: August 2021

Scholarly narratives of the development of Christian anti-Jewish thinking in antiquity routinely cite a number of standard, well-known authors: from Irenaeus, Tertullian, and Justin Martyr in earlier centuries to Eusebius, John Chrysostom, Ambrose, Jerome, and Augustine in the fourth and early fifth centuries. The anonymous author known as Pseudo-Hegesippus, to whom is attributed a late fourth-century Latin work called On the Destruction of Jerusalem (De Excidio Hierosolymitano), rarely appears in such discussions. This has largely to do with the fact that this text and its author are effectively unknown entities within contemporary scholarship in this area (scholars familiar with Pseudo-Hegesippus tend to be specialists in medieval Latin texts and manuscripts). But “Pseudo-Hegesippus” represents a critical contribution to the mosaic of Christian anti-Jewish discourse in late antiquity. De Excidio's generic identity as a Christian piece of classical historiography makes it a unique form of ancient anti-Jewish propaganda. This genre, tied to De Excidio's probable context of writing—the wake of the emperor Julian's abortive attempt to rebuild the Jerusalem Temple, resurrect a robust Judaism, and remove Christians from public engagement with classical culture—renders De Excidio an important Christian artifact of both anti-Judaism and pro-classicism at the same time. This article situates Pseudo-Hegesippus in a lineage of Christian anti-Jewish historical thinking, argues that De Excidio codifies that discourse in a significant and singular way, frames this contribution in terms of its apparent socio-historical context, and cites De Excidio's later influence and reception as testaments to its rightful place in the history of Christian anti-Judaism, a place that modern scholarship has yet to afford it. As a piece of classical historiography that mirrors not Christian historians—like Eusebius and others—but the historians of the broader “pagan” Greco-Roman world—like Herodotus, Thucydides, Xenophon, Sallust, Livy, and Tacitus—De Excidio leverages a cultural communicative medium particularly well equipped to undergird and fuel the Christian historiographical imagination and its anti-Jewish projections.
English in Madeira: History and features of a lesser-known variety in the Atlantic
Authors: Leuckert Sven , Neumaier Theresa , Yurchenko Asya
Published: August 2021

‘Lesser-known varieties of English’ (Schreier, 2009; Schreier et al., 2010) have received increasing attention in the last decade. In particular, Englishes on islands with historical and political ties to the United Kingdom or the United States have been described, such as the varieties in Bermuda (Eberle, 2021), Samoa (Biewer, 2020), and Tristan da Cunha (Schreier, 2009). However, Madeira has hitherto received extraordinarily little attention, although it used to be home to a small but enormously influential group of British expatriates who controlled large parts of the economy and owned a considerable amount of land on the island. Even today, approximately 1,000 emigrants from the United Kingdom live permanently in Madeira, which constitutes the second largest group of foreign residents (DREM, 2020b: 11). ‘Madeira’ refers to both a Portuguese archipelago and this archipelago's main island located ca. 737 km west of Morocco's coast (see Figure 1). Overall, Madeira had a population of 267,785 in the last official census from 2011 and is a highly popular tourist destination, with roughly 8 million overnight stays by visitors in 2019 (DREM, 2020a).
COMPLEX DYNAMIC SYSTEMS THEORY IN LANGUAGE LEARNING
Authors: Hiver Phil , Al-Hoorie Ali H. , Evans Reid
Published: August 2021

A quarter of a century has passed since complex dynamic systems theory was proposed as an alternative paradigm to rethink and reexamine some of the main questions and phenomena in applied linguistics and language learning. In this article, we report a scoping review of the heterogenous body of research adopting this framework. We analyzed 158 reports satisfying our inclusion criteria (89 journal articles and 69 dissertations) for methodological characteristics and substantive contributions. We first highlight methodological trends in the report pool using a framework for dynamic method integration at the levels of study aim, unit of analysis, and choice of method. We then survey the main substantive contribution this body of research has made to the field. Finally, examination of study quality in these reports revealed a number of potential areas of improvement. We synthesize these insights in what we call the “nine tenets” of complex dynamic systems theory research, which we hope will help enhance the methodological rigor and the substantive contribution of future research.
Nazi Science, wartime collections, and an American museum: An object itinerary of theAnthropologie Symbol
Authors: McGill Dru , St. Germain Jennifer
Published: August 2021

A number of recent works have explored the value of scholarly efforts to “unpack” museum collections and examine the constitutive networks and histories of objects. The interrogations of collections through methods such as object biographies and itineraries imparts important knowledge about the institutions, disciplines, and individuals who made museum collections, contribute to deeper understandings of the roles of objects in creating meaning in and of the world, and suggest implications for future practice and policies. This article examines the object itinerary of a cultural property item of negative heritage: a three-dimensional painted plaster work of craft-art originally designed to symbolize the scientific practice of anthropology in early twentieth-century Germany and later associated with wartime collecting during World War II, the history of American archaeology, and the modern repatriation movement in museums.
Beyond exposure therapy: formulation-based therapy treating a fear of urinary incontinence – a case study
Authors: Stapley Torstein , Taylor Tracey , Bream Victoria
Published: August 2021

Background:

The current literature on the specific phobia of urinary incontinence is limited, with no specific empirically established model or treatment protocol.

Aims:

This article consists of a case study of formulation-driven cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) for phobia of urinary incontinence.

Method:

Martin attended a total of 12 treatment sessions. The treatment included the development of an idiosyncratic formulation, and the use of well-established cognitive and behavioural treatment strategies from other anxiety disorders.

Results:

Both outcome measures and Martin’s subjective report indicate that the treatment was effective.

Conclusion:

This case study contributes to the current limited literature on this phobia, and emphasises the importance of formulation-driven CBT to map for idiosyncratic features and target cognitive and behavioural factors.
„Ohne Geld kann man ja nicht überleben oder nichts machen oder sich entfalten“
Authors: Curdt Wiebke , Schreiber-Barsch Silke
Published: August 2021

Zusammenfassung. Hintergrund: Auf Numeralität gerichtete Fähigkeiten von Erwachsenen sind ein wesentlicher Teil der Grundbildung Erwachsener als Prämisse und Ausgangsfundament für die Partizipation an Gesellschaft qua Lernen und Bildung. Forschungsbedarf besteht zu Numeralität von Erwachsenen mit Behinderung, insbesondere mit Lernschwierigkeiten, und zu einer Subjektperspektive auf Grundbildung. Methoden: Numerale Fähigkeiten von Erwachsenen mit Lernschwierigkeiten wurden aus der Beobachtung und Beschreibung von numeralen Praktiken rekonstruiert. Es ist eine Teilauswertung aus dem Datenkorpus eines Forschungsprojektes, das unter Prinzipien von Grounded Theory Methodologie und Partizipativer Forschung sowie in Anschluss an ein kulturwissenschaftliches Forschungsprogramm und Arbeiten der Disability Studies angelegt wurde. Ergebnisse: Der Umgang mit der numeralen Facette Größen & Messen sowie deren Subkomponente der Größe Geld ist von hoher Relevanz für die Partizipation an Gesellschaft. Es belegt zugleich die existenten Fähigkeiten von Erwachsenen mit Lernschwierigkeiten für numerale Handlungen und Strategien im Umgang mit Geld. Diskussion: In dem rekonstruierten Umgang mit Geld spiegeln sich Schlüsselkontroversen der Grundbildung. Erkennbar wird das Potential einer ressourcenorientierten Grundbildung, die neben gesellschaftlicher Funktionalität auch den Eigen-Sinn und das Vermögen subjektgelagerter Strategien als Ressource der Gesellschaft und nicht als zu korrigierendes Defizit einzubringen vermag.
Relations Between Interpersonal Hopelessness and Help-Seeking Intentions and Behaviors in Suicidal Individuals
Authors: Peros Olivia , Ward-Ciesielski Erin
Published: August 2021

Abstract. Background: Due to an increasing suicide rate, risk factors for suicidal thoughts and behaviors (STBs) are an important target for research. Furthermore, individuals experiencing STBs often do not seek help. This highlights the need to assess factors that are associated with help-seeking intentions and behaviors. Aim: The current study examines the role of interpersonal hopelessness in help-seeking intentions and behaviors in suicidal individuals. Method: This was a cross-sectional study. A total of 239 adults ( Mage = 32; 57.7% male; 67.8% Caucasian) completed online measures via Amazon’s Mechanical Turk (MTurk). Bivariate analyses were conducted to assess if higher levels of interpersonal hopelessness were associated with lower levels of help-seeking intentions and behaviors in individuals experiencing STBs within the previous 6 months. To distinguish interpersonal hopelessness from other variables that may affect help-seeking, social anxiety, interpersonal problems, general hopelessness, and perceived barriers to treatment were also examined using hierarchical regression. Results: Results showed that interpersonal hopelessness was significantly positively correlated with help-seeking intentions and behaviors. The proportion of variance in help-seeking intentions and behaviors accounted for by interpersonal hopelessness was negligible. Limitations: The data were self-reported and collected retrospectively making them susceptible to biases. Although an important first step, the cross-sectional design also limits examination of temporal or causal relationships between study variables. Furthermore, the use of an MTurk sample introduces additional limitations, as well as the limited psychometric evaluation of two measures. Conclusion: Results indicate that although interpersonal hopelessness may be an important factor in suicide risk, it may not play a compelling role in help-seeking behaviors.
Endogenous erythropoietin at birth is associated with neurodevelopmental morbidity in early childhood
Authors: Rancken Elina J. , Metsäranta Marjo P. H. , Gissler Mika , Rahkonen Leena K. , Haataja Leena M.
Published: August 2021

Background

New biomarkers that predict later neurodevelopmental morbidity are needed. This study evaluated the associations between umbilical cord serum erythropoietin (us-EPO) and neurodevelopmental morbidity by the age of 2–6.5 years in a Finnish cohort.

Methods

This study included 878 non-anomalous children born alive in 2012 to 2016 in Helsinki University Hospitals and whose us-EPO concentration was determined at birth. Data of these children were linked to data from the Finnish Medical Birth Register and the Finnish Hospital Discharge Register. Neurodevelopmental morbidity included cerebral palsy, epilepsy, intellectual disability, autism spectrum disorder, sensorineural defects, and minor neurodevelopmental disorders.

Results

In the cohort including both term and preterm children, us-EPO levels correlated with gestational age (r = 0.526) and were lower in premature children. High us-EPO levels (>100 IU/l) were associated with an increased risk of severe neurodevelopmental morbidity (OR: 4.87; 95% CI: 1.05–22.58) when adjusted for the gestational age. The distribution of us-EPO levels did not differ in children with or without the later neurodevelopmental diagnosis.

Conclusions

Although high us-EPO concentration at birth was associated with an increased risk of neurodevelopmental morbidity in early childhood, the role of us-EPO determination in clinical use appears to be minor.

Impact

We determined whether endogenous umbilical cord serum erythropoietin would be a new useful biomarker to predict the risk of neurodevelopmental morbidity.

This study evaluated the role of endogenous erythropoietin at birth in neurodevelopmental morbidity with a study population of good size and specific diagnoses based on data from high-quality registers.

Although high umbilical cord serum erythropoietin concentration at birth was associated with an increased risk of neurodevelopmental morbidity in early childhood, the clinical value of erythropoietin determination appears to be minor.