bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Edge Computing Offloading at Middle-sea Scenario for Maritime Video Surveillances
Authors: Ziyang Gong Ziyang Gong , Ziyang Gong Ziyi Wang , Ziyi Wang Xin Su , Xin Su Chang Choi
Published: November 2022

Video surveillance has broad application prospects in maritime rescue, ship transportation and other fields. Mobile edge computing can effectively guarantee low-latency and highly reliable data transmission in maritime video surveillance. This paper comprehensively formulates the edge computing offloading schemes in the middle-sea scenario. The middle-sea scenario has sufficient edge computing nodes as in the offshore scenario and delay constraints due to limited network connectivity as in the far-sea scenario. Taking into account these characteristics, a single-user single-hop unicast offloading model is established and extends to a multi-user model. In addition, for the sufficient and limited edge computing nodes, the multi-user model is further divided into the multi-user single-hop unicast situation 1 and 2 models. We split the mixed-integer nonlinear programming problem and approximate the optimal transmission power by the binary search method. We use the offloading decision allocation algorithm based on alternating selection, offloading decision allocation algorithm based on multi-objective alternating selection, and offloading decision allocation algorithm based on node redistribution to optimize the offloading decisions of the above models. Subsequently, we analyze the simulation results from algorithm comparisons, changes in the number of subtasks, data, and oceanic user equipments. We verify the effectiveness of the proposed schemes and algorithms in saving delay.

 
IAMPDNet: Instance-aware and Multi-part Decoupled Network for Joint Detection and Embedding
Authors: Pan Yang Pan Yang , Pan Yang Xiong Luo , Xiong Luo Jiankun Sun
Published: November 2022

Video surveillance applications play an important role in smart cities. Recently, intelligent video surveillance methods have been widely investigated to address large-scale video data, among which multi-object tracking (MOT) is the most popular method, which aims to track every object appearing in the video for monitoring. MOT is essential for deep intelligent perception. Considering inference speed, joint detection and embedding (JDE) has become a new paradigm for MOT. JDE is to obtain detection results and object features through one forward propagation. However, most JDE models lack instance awareness ability and multi-part feature extraction ability, which may lead to the lack of discrimination of extracted instance features. To address these problems, in this paper we propose an instance-aware and multi-part decoupled network (IAMPDNet), which can perceive all instances in the environment and extract multi-part features from the instances. Specifically, our IAMPDNet consists of three key modules: a complementary attention module used to perceive all instances in the environment, a feature extraction module used to decouple multi-part features from the instances, and an adaptive aggregation module used to fuse multi-level features of instances. Extensive experiments on multiple MOT benchmarks demonstrate that our IAMPDNet achieves higher tracking accuracy and lower identity switches against recent MOT methods.

 
DISTRIBUIÇÃO TEMPORAL DA TUBERCULOSE EM FORTALEZA-CEARÁ NO PERÍODO DE 2012 A 2021
Authors: Dantas Sabóia Cícero Alyson , Silva Cristiano José da
Published: November 2022

O estudo teve como objetivo analisar a distribuição temporal dos casos de tuberculose no município de Fortaleza, Ceará no período de 2012 a 2021. Estudo ecológico de série temporal, com base nos dados epidemiológicos da capital cearense no período de 2012 a 2021, dispostos no Departamento de Informática do Sistema Único de Saúde, no Sistema de Informação de Agravos de Notificação, acerca do quantitativo de casos de tuberculose. Foram registrados 20.144 casos confirmados de tuberculoses, com prevalência do sexo masculino e faixa etária entre 20 e 29 anos. A forma pulmonar foi a mais prevalente (82,2%). Atualmente as taxas de abandono são preocupantes, o que reflete a necessidade de um melhor direcionamento de políticas públicas em saúde, o fortalecimento das redes de apoio e uma melhor visão de equidade do Ministério da Saúde para o controle desta patologia.
The Characteristics and Applications of Sustainable Green Concrete
Authors: Yuan Zixu
Published: November 2022

Green concrete is an advanced civil engineering material to optimize people's living environment. The study introduces the basic concept of green concrete, analyzes the characteristics and advantages of green concrete, including vegetation greening concrete, waste recycling concrete, and self-compacting concrete, and discusses the application of these green concrete in practical engineering. Results show that vegetation green concrete is a new type of concrete that combines plants and concrete, which can be used in urban greening and highway vegetation concrete slope protection. Waste recycling and environmental protection concrete is a kind of green concrete that can reduce environmental pollution without affecting the performance of concrete by using existing waste materials as raw materials. It can be used to produce autoclaved aerated concrete blocks and modified rubber or recycled aggregate concrete through special processing. Self-compacting concrete becomes dense from its gravity, which reduces the energy required for mechanical vibration. Because of its high strength, steel can be used to produce high-strength self-compacting concrete-filled steel tubular columns or anchor bolts.
The role of leucine in the activation of cellular metabolism: a large integrative review
Authors: Gebrin Amir Salomão , Zotarelli-Filho Idiberto José
Published: November 2022

This review addressed the signaling of cellular activation by leucine, discussed the risks of excessive signaling by proteins in the Western diet, and explored the potential of leucine stimulation in tissue regeneration. As result, amino acids are, in addition to building blocks of macromolecules, cellular activation signals. Essential amino acids are not produced by animals and leucine appears to be the main signaling amino acid. Mammals adjusted the cell activation and growth rate of their young by the leucine concentration of the milk produced. Several studies demonstrate the benefits of leucine supplementation in preventing sarcopenia, improving muscle and liver performance, as well as a possible neuroprotective role in head trauma and dementia. However, its excess, so common in the Western diet, is related to obesity, type II diabetes, neurodegenerative diseases, and cancer. The mTORC1 kinase integrates cellular activation stimuli from macro protein synthesis to epigenetic regulation. Controlling mTORC1 activity by consuming leucine can prevent, treat, or cause disease. A greater understanding of the regulatory effects of leucine and mTOR in unstable tissues such as tumors or fragile tissues such as the CNS are areas of great relevance and with extensive fields still to be explored.
EDITORIAL. Leer versus citar un trabajo. Análisis de nuestras publicaciones en los últimos años.
Authors: Ryder Elena
Published: November 2022

In this editorial, I want to focus on a dilemma: Is the citation of a paper much better than accessing and reading it? What is more important for science in real life? A citation may be relevant, but accessing a journal’s article could be crucial if it has some application. Our inclusion in Crossref has permitted us to determine the communicational impact of the published articles as a measure of their reading extension, revealing a monthly mean of 1050 readings this year. As we expected, most of the readings came from COVID-19 issues and review articles. Another metric of our publications is related to the number of visitors to our journal web page: in 2021, we received 1300 visits. On the other hand, our pres-ence in WoS and Scopus has shown a modest impact on citations, which is more evident in WoS. About different papers published on the subject, Hirsh 1 pointed out that the journal’s impact increases if the readers pay more attention to review articles instead of primary re-search articles. The H-index is another metric used to determine the journal’s impact based on the number of citations. According to Scopus, our journal has an H-index of 22. Jeang 2 mentions, in his article about the H-Index and the differences between the frequency of citations and accessing, that a higher number of readings can produce an increased number of citations. But conversely, a high number of citations of one article does not imply a high number of readings. Finally, in the work of Shanta et al. 3 they concluded that the accurate measurement of the impact of a paper is the number of times a medical practitioner uses the information contained in that paper to improve the quality of the treatment. For our part, we will advocate striving to ensure that the works we publish have sufficient quality to be cited but also to be presented to arouse interest in its reading and their results put into practice.
How the Arrangement of Attitude Resources Can Strengthen the Objectivity of News Reports
Authors: Wang Leyang
Published: November 2022

As Xiongan New Area in China is designed to attract international innovation elements, its publicity to the international community has become a prerequisite for the realization of its designed goal. Innovative talents who have a higher critical thinking ability constitute one essential part of the target readers of English news reports about Xiongan. In order to convince them of the brilliant future of the city, reporters need to arrange attitude resources in an objective way when expressing reporters’ appraisal about this city. Based on the quantitative and qualitative analysis, the current study finds that reporters attempt to use attitude resources to modify inanimate things in present and past tenses, as well as in passive voice. In addition, there is no attitude resources in expressing the essential concept guiding the construction of the city. All of these are considered to contribute to the enhancement of the objectivity of news reports and be of great help to present a more convincing image of Xiongan.
Analysis of The Story of Your Life From the Perspective of Deconstruction
Authors: Lu Guorong , Li Xuening
Published: November 2022

The growth of Western science fiction steadily slowed down after the last century’s “Golden Age”, but the emergence of Chinese-American science fiction writers has given the genre fresh life. This study investigates the deconstruction of Anti-Logocentrism and binary oppositions in the famous science fiction The Story Of Your Life by Chinese American author Ted Chiang applying Derrida’s deconstructionist theories as a theoretical framework. First, the paper analyses the traditional relationship between the self and others in terms of the attitude toward aliens; the author’s deconstruction of the conventional male-female interaction is then analyzed in light of the work’s depiction of the heroine, and the author’s analysis of the conventional cause-and-effect relationship follows. Based on above, the paper reveals Ted Chiang’s intention to create a just and peaceful society in the book, providing readers with a fresh perspective on how to understand it.
Provisions for Protection Against Child Prostitution: A
Study
Authors: Dubey Ms. Rashmi , Bendale Dr. Ujwala , Pawar Ms. Mayura
Published: November 2022

“Children are not things to be molded, but are people to be unfolded.” Jess Lair
When children regularly engage in sexual behaviour for money or the advantage of others,
this is referred to as child prostitution. These institutionalised arrangements continued,
regular societal structures involve the sexual exploitation of children. Child prostitution is
a particularly severe form of exploitative child labour as well as a severe form of sexual
abuse of children. Due to the widespread lack of awareness towards the issue, child
prostitution has not received enough attention in India despite being a major global
concern. Children are stripped of their childhood, human rights, and dignity as a result of
this long-standing issue. Child trafficking is one of the various ways that children are used
as prostitutes. Studies on trafficking have focused on the forced migration of children for
sex.
Parsonage-Turner syndrome after SARS-CoV-2 vaccination: A case report
Authors: Öncel Adil , Coşkun Evrim
Published: November 2022

Parsonage-Turner syndrome is a neurological disease characterized by pain, muscle weakness, sensory deficits, and reflex abnormalities. Although its exact etiology is unknown, it can be observed after infection, surgery, trauma, and vaccination. This syndrome, which can occur after various vaccines, has been reported in a few cases worldwide after severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) vaccination. In this case report, Parsonage-Turner syndrome developed after the SARS-CoV-2 BioNTech vaccination in a 56-year-old male patient. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case reported in Türkiye.
Budidaya Tanaman Serat Tinggi sebagai Pakan Alternatif di Pesantren Nurul Jadid
Authors: Yunita Tika Rahma , Achmad Dwi Isyana , Purwandani Ledy , Rizal Muhammad , Muliani Muliani , Mutaqin Zaenal , Fakhrudin Jaini , Delyani Rista
Published: November 2022

Pondok Pesantren Nurul Jadid mengembangkan kegiatan kewirausahaan dalam upaya pemenuhan kebutuhan sehari-hari. Para santri tingkat Madrasah Aliyahnya memiliki ekstra kulikuler di bidang pertanian, peternakan dan pengolahan pangan dengan memanfaatkan sumber daya alam sekitarnya. Pakan kambing yang biasa diberikan di Pondok Pesantren Nurul Jadid berupa rumput segar. Penyediaan pakan alternatif untuk kambing dapat dilakukan dengan membuat pakan komplit yang dicampur menggunakan limbah pertanian maupun limbah industri. Jenis tanaman yang dapat dikembangkan untuk menjadi produk pakan berserat dan protein tinggi yaitu ampas tebu, limbah jagung dan jenis tanaman Legume. Pakan ini dapat mensubstitusi pemberian pakan sintetis yang dibeli dari luar sehingga biaya produksi kambing dapat diminimalisir. Kegiatan pengabdian ini meningkatkan pengetahuan mitra mengenai teknik budidaya secara polikultur dan pembuatan pakan ternak dari limbah tanaman.
Arzu ve Öyküler Giremez: J. M. Coetzee’nin Düşman Romanında Hayvanla Buluşma
Authors: GÖKÇEN ULUK Nilsen
Published: November 2022

J. M. Coetzee’nin 1986 yılında yayımladığı ve Defoe’nun Robinson Crusoe adlı romanının yeniden yazımı olan Foe (Düşman) adlı romanı sömürgecilik, beyaz olmayan halkların üzerinde kurulan egemenlik ile hayvanlar üzerinde kurulan egemenliği birlikte harmanlar. Romanda bu konuları bir araya getiren figür; bir yandan sömürgeleştirilen insanı, bir yandan da hayvanı temsil eden dilsiz ve bu nedenle öykü-süz Friday (Cuma) karakteridir. Sadece insana özgü bir iletişim aracı olarak görülen dil, insanın hayvan üzerinde kurduğu egemenliği ve bunun sonucunda gelişen şiddet biçimlerini meşrulaştırmak üzere kullanılmaktadır. Ancak dil bir taraftan da dışarıya çıkış olanağı bırakmayan kapalı bir sistem, bir hapishane olarak görülmeye başlanmıştır. Bu nedenle onun dışında olmak, insanın hayvandan ayrılırken geride bıraktığı özgürlük anlamına da gelir. Defoe’nun Crusoe’su hem Cuma hem de insan-dışı doğa üzerindeki egemenliğini, dile ve öyküye egemen olmakla kurarken Coetzee’nin Cruso’su, insan-dışı hayvanlar üzerindeki egemenliğini, dilden ve öykülemekten vazgeçerek geride bırakır. Cruso, öykülerin egemenlik için yarışmadığı, sınırların olmadığı bir yerin hayalini kurar. Bu nedenle Düşman romanındaki Cruso ve Cuma arasındaki ilişki, insan ve hayvanın cennetten kovuluş öncesindeki birlikteliğine ve özgürlüğe geri dönüşe işaret eder.
Lipid status, microbiota and bile acids: clinical and pathogenetic relationships
Authors: Успенский Юрий Павлович , Фоминых Юлия Александровна , Наджафова Кямаля Низамитдиновна
Published: November 2022

Кишечная микробиота - это отдельный уникальный экстракорпоральный орган, выполняющий множество функций в организме человека. Наш метаболизм неразрывно связан с деятельностью представителей кишечной микробиоты. Последнее время большое внимание уделяется изучению роли нормальной микробиоты в липидном обмене, а также роли нарушений микробиоты в формировании и прогрессировании нарушений липидного обмена. В статье приведены современные данные литературы, освещающие указанную тематику, а также результаты исследований, демонстрирующие связи между показателями липидного спектра крови, особенностями микробного пейзажа кишки, и влияние пробиотических штаммов на липидный обмен.

The intestinal microbiota is a separate unique extracorporeal organ that performs many functions in the human organism. Our metabolism is inseparably linked to the activity of representatives of the gut microbiota. Recently, much attention has been paid to the study of the role of normal microbiota in lipid metabolism, as well as to the study of the influence of microbiota disorders on the formation and progression of disorders of lipid metabolism. The article presents current literature data covering this topic. Researches data are also presented that demonstrate the relationship between the blood lipid profile, the characteristics of the microbial landscape of the intestine, and the effect of probiotic strains on lipid metabolism.
Factores psicosociales en el entorno laboral, estrés y enfermedad
Authors: Luceño Moreno Lourdes , Martín García Jesús , Rubio Valdehita Susana , Díaz Ramiro Eva María
Published: November 2022

El estrés laboral tiene en la actualidad un especial interés. Sus efectos, tanto en la salud de los trabajadores como en los resultados empresariales, en forma de bajas laborales, incapacidad, pobre rendimiento, absentismo, etc., son sin duda su carta de presentación más relevante para la investigación. Actualmente en la rama organizacional de la Psicología se estudian especialmente los factores psicosociales que afectan al trabajador, el objetivo es intentar modificarlos e intervenir en la empresa (Intervención Primaría). Si bien, esto no significa que se minusvalore la intervención psicológica ó sanitaria a nivel individual (Intervención Terciaria) y/o las estrategias dirigidas a mejorar la calidad de vida del trabajador (Intervención Secundaria). Considerando la intervención, el primer paso supone una correcta evaluación, en este sentido este artículo presenta los factores que compondrán en el futuro el Cuestionario Multidimensional DECORE (Demanda, Control, Recompensa), que intenta examinar aquellos riesgos psicosociales que la investigación ha relacionado con enfermedad.
Evaluación de factores psicosociales en el entorno laboral
Authors: Luceño Moreno Lourdes , Martín García Jesús , Jaén Díaz Marian , Díaz Ramiro Eva María
Published: November 2022

En este artículo presentamos una revisión de las principales técnicas de evaluación de factores psicosociales en el entorno laboral. Se expone en primer lugar qué se entiende por factores psicosociales, en especial, aquellas entidades dedicadas a la protección y salud de los trabajadores; más adelante se explican los modelos que con mayor frecuencia han estudiado estos riesgos en relación con la enfermedad: el Modelo demanda-control (Karasek, 1979; Karasek y Theorell, 1990) y el Modelo del desequilibrio esfuerzo-recompensa (Siegrist, 1996, 1998). Finalizamos comentando extensamente las principales técnicas utilizadas en prevención de riesgos laborales para evaluar estos factores, así como los esfuerzos que, desde el Laboratorio de Psicología del Trabajo y Estudios de Seguridad de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid, UCM, se están realizando para construir y validar un cuestionario sobre factores psicosociales en el trabajo: el Cuestionario Multidimensional Decore (3).
Merge Nature: a tool to support research about merge conflicts
Authors: Ciribelli Luan Reis , Lima João Pedro , Campos Junior Heleno de S. , Barros Márcio de Oliveira , van der Hoek André , Murta Leonardo Gresta Paulino , Ghiotto Gleiph
Published: November 2022

The modern software development model requires concurrent programming to create more complex programs. As such, existing approaches are able to track and merge the changes made on a code repository, allowing more developers to work collaboratively. Despite these solutions, 10% to 20% of all merges result in conflicts, such as when changes are made on the same file region. Existing studies have analyzed, prevented, predicted, and even automatically resolved merge conflicts. However, they are usually focused on a specific language or on language-independent information from the source-code lines involved in the conflict. This situation hinders the generalization of results. To enrich the information to be used by further studies about merges, we present the Merge Nature Tool, which recreates all project merges and extracts characteristics from conflicts, such as the resolutions adopted by developers, and the language constructs involved in the conflict for Java, C++, and Python files. The tool was evaluated regarding reproducibility and generalization. It was able to reproduce 87.75% of the results of a previous study. The differences can be explained by newly introduced features. On the other hand, regarding generalization, the tool was used to analyze a set of 100 merges from Python projects. The merges were analyzed manually to ensure the reliability of the results. We found that 100% of the data matched the expected result. We expect this tool to facilitate future work regarding merge conflicts. For instance, it may allow comparing the characteristics of merge conflicts from different programming languages.
ConCAD: A Tool for Interactive Detection of Code Anomalies
Authors: Albuquerque Danyllo , Guimaraes Everton , Perkusich Mirko , Almeida Hyggo , Perkusich Angelo
Published: November 2022

Code anomalies are indicators of software design can potentially decrease software maintainability and they are associated with an explicit set of refactoring actions. However, Detection of code anomalies is traditionally supported by Non-Interactive Detection (NID) techniques. These techniques encourage developers to reveal anomalies in later revisions or versions of a program, implying in counter-productive or even prohibitive refactoring actions. In this context we created ConCAD as an eclipse plug-in that enable Interactive Detection (ID) of code anomalies. This tool provide developers’ support to reveal anomalies when code fragments are still being edited, encouraging early and continuous detection of code anomalies.
The City, NGOs and COVID-19. Non-governmental organisations in Warsaw and the new horizons of societal security during the pandemic (research concept)
Authors: Smuniewski Cezary , Kądzielski Krzysztof
Published: November 2022

The authors present a concept of research concerning the share of the non-governmental organisations operating in Warsaw (Poland’s capital) during the COVID-19 pandemic in creating societal security. The elaborated research concept covers a description of the state of research, the arising research questions, suggested research hypotheses and methods. The article’s contents are meant to serve the implementation of a research project, whose results will be useful by increasing the body of knowledge on the functioning of NGOs during the pandemic, which should contribute to improving the operation of such entities in unanticipated circumstances in future. Learning the failures and successes of NGOs (scientific monitoring) in creating societal security should be seen as an intrinsic part of care for the well-being of society and the functioning of a political community. The article contemplates conceptualisation and construction of research projects in the area of security studies, social policy and politology, attention being given to the contexts and problem references to social culture, law and administration. The core content of the work includes: a synthesis of the state of research in the proposed research area; theoretical assumptions of the role of NGOs in social life; and a methodology of postulated research.
Relative energy deficiency in sport (RED-S): scientific, clinical, andpractical implications for the female athlete
Authors: Cabre HE , Moore SR , Smith-Ryan AE , Hackney AC
Published: November 2022

Problem: If athletes develop low energy availability (LEA), it can lead to a Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (RED-S) syndrome which has severe health consequences if not treated. Methodology: A narrative review of the most recent and pertinent literature on the topic, with special emphasis on women. Results: In assessing the current literature, we have synthesized: i) the scientific implications of LEA and RED-S, ii) the clinical manifestations of the conditions currently available for detection, as well as iii) the practical implications for healthcare and support for female athletes and teams in planning intervention or prevention strategies (maintaining EA >45 kcal/kg FFM/day). Discussion: The ‘Female Athlete Triad” emerged in the 1990s as researchers understood more of the etiological adaptation of female athlete health to sports training. In the last 10 years, the scientific community has recognized that the ‘Triad’ approach was too narrow in focus, and the broader concept of RED-S emerged. Both the Triad and RED-S are consequences of a frequently prevalent LEA in athletes (<30 kcal/kg FFM/day). Developing LEA and RED-S compromises training adaptation, performance capacity, and health in athletes. For these reasons, it is critical that an athlete’s support team recognize the behaviors that may indicate RED-S evolution. In this way, we can assist female athletes in reaching their full potential in sports while protecting their health. Key Words: Energy Availability, Stress, Performance, Hormones, Menstrual Health
Evidence for stronger discrimination between conspecific and heterospecific mating partners in sexual vs. asexual female freshwater snails
Authors: Stork Sydney , Jalinsky Joseph , Neiman Maurine
Published: November 2022

Once-useful traits that no longer contribute to fitness tend to decay over time. Here, we address whether the expression of mating-related traits that increase the fitness of sexually reproducing individuals but are likely less useful or even costly to asexual counterparts seems to exhibit decay in the latter. Potamopyrgus antipodarum is a New Zealand freshwater snail characterized by repeated transitions from sexual to asexual reproduction. The frequent coexistence of sexual and asexual lineages makes P. antipodarum an excellent model for the study of mating-related trait loss. Under the presumption (inherent in the Biological Species Concept) that failure to discriminate between conspecific and heterospecific mating partners represents a poor mate choice, we used a mating choice assay including sexual and asexual P. antipodarum females and conspecific (presumed better choice) vs. heterospecific (presumed worse choice) males to evaluate the loss of behavioral traits related to sexual reproduction. We found that sexual females engaged in mating behaviors with conspecific mating partners more frequently and for a greater duration than with heterospecific mating partners. By contrast, asexual females mated at similar frequency and duration as sexual females, but did not mate more often or for longer duration with conspecific vs. heterospecific males. While further confirmation will require inclusion of a more diverse array of sexual and asexual lineages, these results are consistent with a scenario where selection acting to maintain effective mate discrimination in asexual P. antipodarum is weak or ineffective relative to sexual females and, thus, where asexual reproduction is associated with the evolutionary decay of mating-related traits in this system.
Role of Personality Traits and Wellbeing Attributes in Predicting the Academic Achievement of Post-Graduate Agri-Business Management Students
Authors: Ramesh Pedaprolu , Yashavanth Basavapatna Subbanna , Rao Rajanala Venkata Satyanarayana
Published: November 2022

A study was conducted to assess the personality traits and well-being attributes, and to find out their role in predicting academic achievement of students pursuing post-graduate diploma in agri-business management. Data was collected from 166 students by administering the Big-Five Personality Inventory, Oxford Happiness Questionnaire, Satisfaction with Life Scale and Psychological Well-Being (PWB) questionnaires. The findings revealed that among the personality traits, neuroticism and openness were found higher in females compared to male students. However, such gender differences were not found with regard to happiness, life satisfaction and PWB. Except for neuroticism, personality traits were positively correlated with happiness, life satisfaction, and PWB. Academic achievement was positively associated with conscientiousness and negatively associated with neuroticism traits. The regression model on academic achievement predicts 11.4% of variation by considering personality (neuroticism and conscientiousness, being the strongest contributors) and well-being attributes.
Öğretmenlerin Örgütsel Bağlılıkları Ve Motivasyonları Arasındaki İlişkiler: Meta Analiz Çalışması
Authors: TÜRK Özgür , TULUNAY ATEŞ Öznur
Published: November 2022

Bu araştırmada yurtiçi ve yurtdışında devlet okullarında görev yapmakta olan öğretmenlerin örgütsel bağlılıklarında motivasyonun etkisi meta analiz yöntemi ile incelenmiştir. Araştırmada öğretmenlerin motivasyonları ve örgütsel bağlılıkları arasındaki ilişkinin incelendiği birbirinden bağımsız 11 araştırma ile birlikte 3456 kişilik bir örneklem grubu elde edilmiştir. Çalışmaların genel etki büyüklüğünü hesaplamak için heterojenlik testine göre rastgele etkiler modeli tercih edilmiştir. Bunun sonucunda örgütsel bağlılığın motivasyon üzerinde güçlü düzeyde etkisinin olduğu tespit edilmiştir. Bu doğrultuda okul yöneticilerinin öğretmenlerin örgütsel bağlılıklarının motivasyonlarının artırılması ile mümkün olacağının farkında olmaları yönünde çalışmaların yapılması önerisinde bulunulmuştur.
Tuning the Surface Chemistry of MXene to Improve Energy Storage: Example of Nitrification by Salt Melt
Authors: Liu Liyuan , Zschiesche Hannes , Antonietti Markus , Daffos Barbara , Tarakina Nadezda V. , Gibilaro Mathieu , Chamelot Pierre , Massot Laurent , Duployer Benjamin , Taberna Pierre‐Louis , Simon Patrice
Published: November 2022

The unique properties of 2D MXenes, such as metal‐like electrical conductivity and versatile surface chemistry, make them appealing for various applications, including energy storage. While surface terminations of 2D MXene are expected to have a key influence on their electrochemical properties, the conventional HF‐etching method limits the surface functional groups to F, OH, and O. In this study, O‐free, Cl‐terminated MXenes (noted as Ti3C2Clx) are first synthesized by a molten salt (FeCl2) etching route. Then, a substitution of surface termination from Cl to N is performed via post‐thermal treatment of Ti3C2Clx in Li3N containing molten salt electrolytes. While the Cl‐terminated pristine material does not show electrochemical activity, the surface‐modified, N‐containing Ti3C2Tx exhibits a unique capacitive‐like electrochemical signature in sulfuric acid aqueous electrolyte with rate performance—more than 300 F g−1 (84 mAh g−1) at 2 V s−1. These results show that control of the MXene surface chemistry enables the preparation of high‐performance electrodes in a previously not accessed limit of energy storage.
AN‐aided full‐duplex secure transmissions under imperfect self‐interference cancellation
Authors: Cao Thanh Lam , Nguyen Lap Luat , Nguyen Tien‐Tung , Ho‐Van Khuong , Ta Hien Q.
Published: November 2022

This paper considers a full‐duplex (FD) secure transmission scheme with aid of the artificial noise deployed at both transmitter and receiver under imperfect self‐interference cancellation. The expressions of secrecy and connection outage probabilities are derived, and hence, the secrecy throughput of the proposed scheme is evaluated. The results show that the performance of the proposed FD scheme outperforms that of conventional half‐duplex and FD receiver schemes in terms of the secrecy outage probability. In addition, the proposed FD scheme can achieve high secrecy throughput under various locations of the eavesdropper. Especially when the eavesdropper is located close to the transmitter, the secrecy throughput of the proposed FD scheme is nearly double that of the half‐duplex scheme with artificial noise injection while that of the scheme with FD jamming receiver goes to zero.
OPE coefficients and the mass-gap from the integrable scattering description of 2D CFT’s
Authors: Bajnok Zoltan , Janik Romuald A.
Published: November 2022

Abstract

Many two-dimensional conformal field theories have an alternative integrable scattering description, which reproduces their spectrum of conformal weights. Taking as an example the case of the Lee-Yang nonunitary CFT and the 3-state Potts minimal model, we derive formulas, in terms of their integrable description, for the OPE coefficients of a certain specific primary operator and two identical but otherwise essentially arbitrary operators. As a side result we also obtain a novel formula for the mass-gap relation for the integrable massive deformation of the CFT. These results are obtained through expressing the first nontrivial coefficient in the UV expansion of the energy in terms of the integrable CFT data, i.e. the kink and anti-kink TBA solutions.
Covid-19 apps, Corona vaccination apps and data “ownership”
Authors: van Erp Sjef
Published: November 2022

Already before the present Covid-19 health crisis an emerging trend could be seen towards offering health services from a distance, called “e-health”. This trend, like so many other developments towards digitalisation of our societies, received a considerable impetus because of the Covid-19 crisis. First, the rise of Covid-19 tracing (and/or tracking) apps and now to be followed by the advance of Corona vaccination apps has made us aware of the benefits which e-health may bring, particularly in a situation where distance means safety. The apps contain very personal information and, consequently, have provoked questions as to whether the apps sufficiently protect a person’s right to privacy and data protection as safeguarded by the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation. The nature of the data, however, is such that also questions as to the importance of access by public health authorities in the public interest can be asked. Also, although commercial, but still important for developing and producing vaccines, for the pharmaceutical industry the data are important. The result is a conflict particularly between entitlement to privacy protection and the general interest, causing questions to be asked about which interest has priority. It might very well be, however, that this question, asked as such, is beside the point. Given that data are non-rivalrous and non-depletable, because they can be copied and copied, questions about which entitlement has priority cannot be answered in absolute terms. Rights regarding data depend upon who at a particular time has control over the data, who else has control and what control between all those involved then means. Looking at who has which right to data one can see an entitlement paradigm surfacing which is multi-perspective, relative and dynamic. Calling data entitlement “ownership” is not a reference to ownership in the traditional sense of the word, but to management. To decide what management in a particular situation means interest balancing exercises must be made. These exercises will change over time, as accordingly will the answer to the question who is “owner” of data in Covid-19 and Corona vaccination apps.
Continuous Groups for Physicists
Authors: Mukunda Narasimhaiengar , Chaturvedi Subhash
Published: November 2022

Continuous Groups for Physicists is written for graduate students as well as researchers working in the field of theoretical physics. The text has been designed uniquely and it balances coverage of advanced and non-standard topics with an equal focus on the basic concepts for a thorough understanding. The book describes the general theory of Lie groups and Lie algebras, the passage between them, and their unitary/ Hermitian representations in the quantum mechanical setting. The four infinite classical families of compact simple Lie groups and their representations are covered in detail. Readers will benefit from the discussions on topics like spinor representations of real orthogonal groups, the Schwinger representation of a group, induced representations, systems of coherent states, real symplectic groups important in quantum mechanics, Wigner's theorem on symmetry operations in quantum mechanics, ray representations of Lie groups, and groups associated with non-relativistic and relativistic space-time.
Music, Politics and Society in Ancient Rome
Authors: Morgan Harry
Published: November 2022

Music was everywhere in ancient Rome. Wherever one went in the sprawling city, the sound of singing and piping, drumming and strumming was never far out of earshot. This book examines the role of music in Roman politics and society, focusing on the period from the Roman conquest of Greece in the second century BCE to the end of the reign of Nero in 68 CE. Drawing on a wide range of literary texts, inscriptions and material artefacts, Harry Morgan uncovers the tensions between elite and popular attitudes towards music and shows how music was exploited as a tool by political leaders and emperors. Far from being a marginal aspect of daily life, music was fundamental to Roman political culture and social relations, shaping debates about class, gender and ethnicity. The book will be of interest to students and scholars of ancient music and Roman history.
Variations on a Theme of Borel
Authors: Weinberger Shmuel
Published: November 2022

In the middle of the last century, after hearing a talk of Mostow on one of his rigidity theorems, Borel conjectured in a letter to Serre a purely topological version of rigidity for aspherical manifolds (i.e. manifolds with contractible universal covers). The Borel conjecture is now one of the central problems of topology with many implications for manifolds that need not be aspherical. Since then, the theory of rigidity has vastly expanded in both precision and scope. This book rethinks the implications of accepting his heuristic as a source of ideas. Doing so leads to many variants of the original conjecture - some true, some false, and some that remain conjectural. The author explores this collection of ideas, following them where they lead whether into rigidity theory in its differential geometric and representation theoretic forms, or geometric group theory, metric geometry, global analysis, algebraic geometry, K-theory, or controlled topology.
Effects of Field‐Aligned Cold Plasma Density Filaments on the Fine Structure of Chorus
Authors: Hanzelka M. , Santolík O.
Published: November 2022

The whistler‐mode chorus emission, a major driver of radiation belt electron energization and precipitation, exhibits significant amplitude modulations on millisecond timescales. These subpacket modulations are accompanied by fast changes in the wave normal angle. Understanding the evolution of wave propagation properties inside chorus elements is essential for modeling nonlinear chorus‐electron interactions, but the origin of these rapid changes is unclear. We propose that the variations come from propagation inside thin, field‐aligned cold plasma enhancements (density ducts), which produce differing modulations in parallel and perpendicular wave magnetic field components. We show that a full‐wave simulation on a filamented density background predicts wave vector and amplitude evolution similar to Van Allen Probes spacecraft observations. We further demonstrate that the commonly assumed wide density ducts, in which wave propagation can be studied with ray tracing methods, cannot explain the observed behavior. This indirectly proves the existence of wavelength‐scale field‐aligned density fluctuations.
Academic placement records and gendered placements in the political science profession
Authors: Frese Joris
Published: November 2022

There are many ways of quantifying the success of political science departments, all of which have advantages and disadvantages. The most relevant international rankings consider factors such as research quality, research quantity, or academic reputation. None of the established rankings consider how frequently departments place their alumni into the academic job market. As this criterion should arguably be among the most important ones for prospective graduate students, this paper analyzes original data on the educational background of faculty members (N = 3548) at highly reputable political science departments in North America and Europe to create an up-to-date ranking based on academic placement records. The insights from this article provide guidance to undergraduate and graduate students when considering different options for the pursuit of a Ph.D., and hopefully also motivate departments to place greater significance on their placement records through increased transparency. In addition, the data highlights the large gender gap in placement success across all departments.
A call for health systems to monitor the health‐related quality of life of people living with HIV
Authors: Lazarus Jeffrey V. , Van Hout Marie Claire , Fuster‐Ruizdeapodaca Maria J. , Brown Graham , Guaraldi Giovanni
Published: November 2022

Introduction

The World Health Organization's (WHO's) new global health strategy on HIV represents a major step toward a broader conceptualization of HIV care. It recognizes the importance of addressing chronic care more fully and–for the first time ever–the health‐related quality of life (HRQoL) of people living with HIV (PLHIV).

Methods

A thorough literature review was conducted in order to analyse how the WHO strategy on HIV for 2022‐2030 addresses the monitoring of the HRQoL of PLHIV for the next decade and compared it to that of other countries and health authorities.

Results

Unlike for other issues, the strategy does not include quantitative targets for 2030, thus falling short of committing to monitoring global progress in improving the long‐term well‐being of PLHIV.

Conclusions

We urge national health systems not to wait for WHO to lead on this issue. Seeking good HRQoL outcomes for PLHIV can confer far‐reaching benefits on health systems. The feasibility of monitoring population‐level HRQoL has been demonstrated through the use of simple tools like patient‐reported outcome measures (PROMs) and patient‐reported experience measures (PREMs). Many countries can already set HRQoL monitoring targets, similar to those presented in this viewpoint, while we work toward an agreed minimum metric for use by all countries.
Correction and calibration of atmospheric impact observations in GOES GLM data
Authors: Morris Robert L. , Smith Jeffrey Claiborne , Dotson Jessie L. , Stern Eric C. , Longenbaugh Randolph S.
Published: November 2022

The Earth's atmosphere is impacted daily by both meteoroids and artificial objects. Calibrated observations of the emitted light at sufficiently high sampling rates can enable or improve the estimation of impactor attributes such as size, cohesion, trajectory, and composition, but are difficult to obtain owing to the unpredictability, brevity, and high dynamic (brightness) range of impacts. Ground‐based camera systems have successfully monitored small regions of the atmosphere at video frame rates and with limited radiometric capabilities, but most impacts occur over the 70% of the Earth's surface covered by water and are therefore missed by these networks. The Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM) instruments aboard Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites 16 and 17 provide near‐hemispherical coverage at 500 frames per second. These data have been shown to contain the signatures of many independently confirmed impacts, often from both viewing angles simultaneously, and constitute an observational resource that is currently unparalleled in the public domain. NASA's Asteroid Threat Assessment Project has implemented an automated impact detection pipeline that processes data from GLM daily. Given a detected impact, the GLM data contain a wealth of information for use in quantitative follow‐up analyses. However, impact events differ from lightning in ways that violate key assumptions built into GLM's design. The result is that GLM's onboard processing introduces errors into pixel observations of impact events and the calibrated energies near the periphery of the detector may be substantially overestimated. We present methods for mitigating these and other issues to produce a data product more suitable for impact analyses than the existing GLM lightning product.
Estimation of Dynamical Thermoacoustic Modes Using an Output Only Observer Kalman Filter-Based Identification Algorithm
Authors: Balasubramanian Nikhil , Rouwenhorst Driek , Hermann Jakob
Published: November 2022

Thermoacoustic instabilities have plagued the operation of gas turbine engines for years and significant research is being conducted in detecting and understanding them. In this paper, an output only identification technique is employed for a noise induced dynamical system representing combustion instability behavior. This approach is called the output only observer Kalman filter identification (O3KID) and its first step solves for least squares from a set of algebraic equations constructed from just the measured output. The least squares solution gives the Markov parameters (impulse response) and the output residuals. The subsequent step takes the Markov parameters or the residuals to solve for the system matrices using any deterministic subspace identification method. In using this direct noniterative two-step algorithm, it is possible to estimate the eigenmodes and damping coefficients from output measured data. To validate the algorithm, a system of independent harmonic oscillators, excited by random noise is used to generate surrogate data representing pressure oscillations in a combustor prior to an instability. The error in estimating the eigen frequencies and damping are <1%. This fast direct approach could be used to provide an early warning indicator in industrial gas turbines by tracking the rate of damping of dominant eigenmodes. Additionally, saving the state space parameters periodically can serve as a data-lean option to track changes of the dynamics and across a gas turbine fleet.
Relapse of idiopathic acute fibrinous and organising pneumonia 12 years after successful treatment with corticosteroids
Authors: McNally Emma , Moloney Eddie , Nicholson Siobhan , Young Vincent
Published: November 2022

Acute fibrinous and organising pneumonia (AFOP) is a rare form of interstitial lung disease. It is a pathological diagnosis sharing similarities to organising pneumonia, diffuse alveolar damage and eosinophilic pneumonia, however, is histologically distinct, characterised by intra-alveolar fibrin deposition (‘fibrin balls’) and associated organising pneumonia. AFOP was first described in 2002, only 150 cases have been reported since. While it has been described in association with infection, autoimmune disorders, connective tissue diseases, drugs, environmental exposures and organ transplant, it can also be idiopathic in nature. AFOP follows an acute course with potential rapid fulminant respiratory failure, or a subacute trajectory with a more favourable prognosis. Corticosteroids are commonly prescribed to induce remission. While cases of relapse of AFOP during weaning or cessation of steroids have been described, there are no published cases of remote relapse of AFOP. We describe a case of idiopathic AFOP, which recurred after 12 years of good health.